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C. E. Crane (November 27, 1827May 8, 1898) was an American physician and politician. He was the 17th and 19th Mayor of
Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...
, and served as a surgeon for the Union Army in the American Civil War.


Biography

Crane was born on November 27, 1827, in Huron County, Ohio. He was raised in
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, before moving to Norwalk, Ohio. Crane graduated from Western Reserve College and moved to Green Bay in 1849. Soon after, he opened a medical practice. During the American Civil War, he served as
surgeon In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...
for the
5th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 5th Infantry was assembled at Camp Randall, in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 12, 1861. It left Wisconsin for Wash ...
in the Union Army. The 5th Wisconsin was engaged in many of the critical battles of the eastern theater of the war, including Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. After the war, he was one of the organizers of the Brown County Medical Society, and served as its president from 1868 to 1880. Crane was elected Mayor of Green Bay five times, in 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, and 1879. Additionally, he was president of the school board and a member of the board of health. In 1879, he formed a partnership with Dr. Louis Carabin in Green Bay—Crane & Carabin, physicians and surgeons. Their offices were located at 124 Washington Street. In 1872, he married Louise Desnoyers, the daughter of Captain Thomas Beard (or Baird) and widow of former Green Bay mayor
Francis X. Desnoyers Francis Xavier Desnoyers (July 29, 1813August 13, 1868) was an American merchant, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the 2nd mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 1854 session. Biography Desn ...
. Crane died from throat cancer on May 8, 1898.


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